"recklessness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: recklessnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English reklesnes, reklesnesse, rekelesnesse (also assibiliated as rechelesnes, reccheleesnesse), from Old English rēcelēasnes (“recklessness, carelessness, negligence”), equivalent to reckless + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|reklesnes}} Middle English reklesnes, {{m|enm|reklesnesse}} reklesnesse, {{m|enm|rekelesnesse}} rekelesnesse, {{m|enm|rechelesnes}} rechelesnes, {{m|enm|reccheleesnesse}} reccheleesnesse, {{inh|en|ang|rēcelēasnes|t=recklessness, carelessness, negligence}} Old English rēcelēasnes (“recklessness, carelessness, negligence”), {{suf|en|reckless|ness}} reckless + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} recklessness (usually uncountable, plural recklessnesses)
  1. The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: rechlessness, retchlessness [obsolete] Translations (being reckless): تَهَوُّر (tahawwur) [masculine] (Arabic), temeritat [feminine] (Catalan), Leichtsinnigkeit [feminine] (German), Fahrlässigkeit [feminine] (German), Gewagtheit [feminine] (German), Rücksichtslosigkeit [feminine] (German), רַשְׁלָנוּת (rashlanút) [feminine] (Hebrew), kesembronoan (Indonesian), descuido [masculine] (Portuguese), negligência [feminine] (Portuguese), nechibzuință [feminine] (Romanian), nesăbuință [feminine] (Romanian), imprudență [feminine] (Romanian), nesocotință [feminine] (Romanian), descuido [masculine] (Spanish), negligencia [feminine] (Spanish), temeridad (Spanish), osadía [feminine] (Spanish), imprudencia [feminine] (Spanish), нерозсудливість (nerozsudlyvistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-recklessness-en-noun-fR39mZFC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

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